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Feel the burn: The limits of human energy expenditure and endurance (Ep 59)
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Feel the burn: The limits of human energy expenditure and endurance (Ep 59)

What can modern hunter-gatherer societies teach us about human energy budgets? What misconceptions do we have about weight loss and weight management?

Are there limits to human endurance?

On this episode, we talk with Herman Pontzer (@HermanPontzer) of Duke University. We discuss his new book Burn, in which he examines -- and in some cases overturns -- received wisdom about human energy budgets and human metabolism. Much of the book is framed around Herman’s amazing long-term studies with the Hadza, a …

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